2010 Events, but first... November!
| 27 October 2009
Well this site has been up for two weeks now and I'm so grateful for the 829 unique visitors to this site since then. I hope to honour your visits with suitable new content.
I had hoped to get a new article of two before now, but since getting this site live I have been busy getting the start of The Fine Wine Experience 2010 programme underway. That includes two Gaja single vineyard verticals, Chateau Latour, a 1962 Bordeaux horizontal tasting, Phelps Insignia back to the inaugural 1974, a mommoth Jaboulet La Chapelle forty vintage two-evening tasting, DRC Richebourg and Marquis d’Angerville Clos des Ducs verticals. Phew!
But that is winter / spring 2010, and we have still not seen out 2009. Before this year is out there is an Italian WIMPS at – you guessed it – The Ledbury this Thursday, Keith Prothero’s charity dinner mentioned in my first blog post – that’s this Saturday. It raised £13,000 for Pebbles, which is a fantastic outcome.
November will see two particular highlights. Firstly – Climens, Climens, Climens! My vertical takes place on November 3rd in London, Gareth Birchley’s Climens dinner for Bordeaux Index on 13th and Juerg Richter’s Climens vertical in Zuerich on 17th. A combined report will follow...
Secondly, the Hospices de Beaune auction takes place on Sunday 15th. I shall be there to buy a barrel (or two) for a small consortium of enthusiasts. It will also be my first chance to taste some terribly young yet by all early accounts wonderful pinot and chardonnay from the still fizzing 2009 vintage.
But there is also a major Tokaji tasting on November 2nd, the Institute of Master of Wine annual claret tasting on November 4th (2005s!), a Rousseau Clos St Jacques vertical on November 10th, my Classic Claret II dinner on November 19th, and a number of other private events. If I get through to the other side I shall have lots to write about. The first half of December looks no less relentless... and then a little wine abstinence I think!
Meanwhile Philip and I have been tinkering with this website in response to some helpful comments. Firstly, you can register to receive updates from me from time to time. If you want everything hey presto! you can get RSS feeds of this site’s updated content, and you can now leave comments. I welcome these and shall do my best to respond.
